Canon imageCLASS LBP226dw review

Native print languages in a smaller LCD model

The Canon imageCLASS LBP226dw, U.S. item 3516C005, is an earlier monochrome print-only laser model. It suits a supported office that needs automatic two-sided output, a useful standard paper supply and native PIN-held collection, with scanning handled elsewhere.

The five-line black-and-white LCD is a significant model distinction. Shared touch-panel instructions describe other members of the family. The absence of a scanner, copier and telephone fax also remains unchanged by mobile application branding or USB memory printing.

PostScript is positively supported for this model

The actual printer-functions chapter explicitly includes LBP226dw in its Adobe PostScript 3 scope, alongside UFR II and PCL. This differs from LBP227dw, which the same chapter excludes from PostScript. Similar names therefore should not be treated as interchangeable software configurations.

USB device, Gigabit Ethernet and infrastructure Wi-Fi are documented native connections. Install the exact supported driver, select it from the application’s print dialog, open Properties or Preferences and set the job before submission. Controls vary with the driver and computer system.

The USB host port serves supported memory files, rather than replacing the USB device connection used by a computer. Memory-media printing and I-Fax reception are output sources, not evidence of an original scanner or telephone fax.

Release a secured job on the five-line LCD

Select Secured Print as the native driver’s Output Method and send the document. It waits in printer memory. At the machine, select Secure Print, choose the intended document and enter the matching PIN to release it.

The shared instructions for selecting multiple checkboxes and Start apply to the touch-panel models. Follow the LCD prompts for this one. Department ID management is also distinct from the PIN attached to a particular print job.

Held documents occupy memory, and uncollected data disappears after the configured deletion period. The guide warns that excessive retained data can interfere with ordinary printing. Collect jobs promptly and choose the retention setting deliberately; the function is temporary output storage.

350 included Letter sheets, with a separate expansion

The standard configuration combines a 250-sheet cassette and 100-sheet multipurpose tray, totaling 350 Letter sheets at 20 lb Bond. The 900-sheet maximum requires an optional 550-sheet AH1 cassette. An optional unit added later must also be registered in the driver’s Device Settings.

The actual paper table marks Letter, Legal and A4 for native automatic duplex on eligible media. Supported size alone is insufficient: label, envelope and heavier-stock categories have different feed and duplex rules.

Keep the cassette inserted even while using the multipurpose tray. The operating instructions say the machine stops with an error without it. Extend the tray support for larger paper, load the print face up and align the guides without pinching or leaving them loose.

Envelopes and Apple printing need their own settings

Envelopes use the multipurpose tray, not the cassette. Close the flaps, flatten trapped air and curls, align the stack and follow the short-edge-first, non-glued-face-up orientation. The guide excludes printing on the reverse side of an envelope.

AirPrint is separately documented through the same LAN, direct wireless access or a supported USB-connected Mac. Enable the required IPP setting and use a compatible application. Its available sizes and controls vary by application, so native PIN submission and precise native duplex-size evidence are not assigned to every Apple print dialog.

Mopria and Canon PRINT Business are also listed. These mobile options should be checked against the actual device and application, while native printing remains the documented arrangement for the fuller driver controls described above.

The supplied cartridge is smaller than the replacement rating

The actual consumables chapter gives LBP226dw a supplied cartridge yield of 1,500 sheets. Other models in the family receive 3,100. Replacement 057 is rated for 3,100 and 057 H for 10,000 under ISO/IEC 19752 on A4 at default density. A replacement listing should not be read as the in-box quantity.

Canon declares up to 40 one-sided Letter ppm and separately 32 Legal ppm, with a recommended range of 750–4,000 pages monthly. The actual closed body is 15¾ by 14¾ by 9⅞ inches. Its 19.4 lb main-unit weight excludes toner, so a loaded carrying weight remains unestablished here. Leave extra room for extended trays, open covers and servicing.